Every year 400,000 to 600,000 sandhill cranes—80 percent of all the cranes on the planet—congregate along an 80-mile stretch of the central Platte River in Nebraska, to fatten up on waste grain in the ...

As Nebraska begins to celebrate its 150th birthday, a ceremony planned for March 1 in Lincoln will unveil the Nebraska Statehood Forever Stamp celebrating the state’s sesquicentennial. March is also ...

KEARNEY - The Nebraska Cranes (11-14) had more than one chance to end the United States Basketball League's longest winning streak, but, like they've done in 14 straight games, the Brooklyn Kings ...

Crane Trust to feature a free documentary called 'Wings on Water' at theaters across the tri-cities next week.

Despite the cold weather, the number of sandhill cranes in Central Nebraska is still about 75 percent of the total at the same point in 2014. Andrew Caven, lead biologist for the Crane Trust, said the ...

KEARNEY - The Cranes have landed in Kearney … running. At a press conference that unveiled the team's name - Nebraska Cranes - and logo, General Manager and Head Coach Terry Layton admitted that ...

Thousands of migrating sandhill cranes roost in the morning light on the Platte River on March 16. As a girl growing up in Kearney, Bree Dority valued the spectacle of the migrating sandhill cranes in ...

The Crane Trust learned that one of the sandhill cranes that stopped in central Nebraska last spring traveled 19,000 miles to nesting grounds in Russia.

Listen to the predawn sounds of the sandhill cranes roosting on the Platte River in Nebraska. First, a murmur. Then wild chatter. And finally, takeoff! The Crane Trust has learned that one of the ...